Imagery and Composition in Diwan Al-Farasha by Lahcen Al-Soussi: A Stylistic Reading

Abstract

This study examines the phenomena of imagery and syntactic structures in the poetry collection “Al-Farasha” (The Butterfly) by the Libyan poet Hassan Al-Sousi. It focuses on the most prominent types of imagery in the collection, addressing simile and its forms, as well as metaphorical imagery, particularly personification. The study then moves to the analysis of syntactic structure, highlighting the most significant structural phenomenon in the collection, namely the use of rhetorical (non-declarative) expressions and their role in shaping the semantic dimensions of the poetic texts.